KBYU-TV
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| Provo/Salt Lake City, Utah | |
| Channels | Analog: 11 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Brigham Young University |
| First air date | November 15, 1965 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Brigham Young University |
| Former affiliations | NET (1965-1970) |
| Transmitter Power | 162 kW (analog) 346 kW (digital) |
| Height | 896 m (analog) 1257 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 6823 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.kbyutv.org |
KBYU-TV is a PBS member station in Provo, Utah, serving the Salt Lake City television market. The station broadcasts locally in analog on VHF channel 11 and in digital on UHF channel 44, and is rebroadcast statewide through a network of translators. KBYU-TV is owned by Brigham Young University, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which owns commercial station KSL-TV, through Bonneville International), hence the station airs programming with both academic and religious content. It is one of at least three PBS member stations owned and operated by a religious-based organization, the others being WLAE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana and WXEL-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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[edit] History
KBYU-TV was first licensed by the FCC on November 7, 1965 and since 1980, very little about the station has changed. In 1997, KBYU-TV was allotted UHF channel 39 for its digital facilities, but in 1999, they changed their allotment to UHF channel 44 as part of a digital channel realignment coordinated by DTV Utah. This is a group of eight Salt Lake City/Ogden/Provo area TV Stations, of which KBYU is a member. KBYU-DT began broadcasting on November 15, 2000 and was licensed January 23, 2003. After the completion of the transition to digital television in 2009, KBYU-TV/KBYU-DT will remain on channel 44. It will continue to be known as "Channel 11" due to its PSIP data stream per FCC rules, even though it will abandon it's original Channel 11 frequency slot.
[edit] Programming
Programming on KBYU-TV is general PBS fare, with emphasis on children's, informational and entertainment programming. The station also airs special programs related to the Mormon church, and offers a nightly block of classic TV programs, such as I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show and Little House on the Prairie.
KBYU-TV has produced some notable programs for national distribution. Ancestors, produced in conjunction with the Family History Library and PBS, was a highly successful series of videos on family genealogy. It was so well received that KBYU-TV produced a second series of videos, also entitled Ancestors, which proved to be even more successful [1]. Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty, produced in 2005, explored the business of Microcredit through eleven providers of the service. Another show produced by KBYU has been Hooked on Aerobics, which has aired since the 1980s.
[edit] Translators
KBYU-TV uses an extensive network of over 60 translator stations to extend its signal throughout Utah, plus parts of Arizona and Idaho:
[edit] Other BYU Broadcasting divisions
BYU Television (BYU TV) is broadcast nationwide via Dish Network and DirecTV, via cable television systems, and worldwide at BYUTV.org. Often confused with KBYU-TV, BYU TV is a separate programming entity. Related to BYU TV is its sister station BYU Television International, which is yet another a separate programming entity.
BYU Broadcasting also operates radio station "Classical 89", KBYU-FM 89.1, plus internet-exclusive radio services.
[edit] External links
- KBYU-TV Official site
- Small Fortunes website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KBYU
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KBYU-TV
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